React text animation components
Choose the reveal around what the text communicates. Numbers, short headlines and long reading passages need different treatment.
Start with the reading task
Use Number Ticker for a changing numeric value. Use Focus Blur Resolve when a whole headline should appear together. Per Character Rise makes a short headline arrive in sequence; its DOM grows with the number of characters.
Keep long body copy readable without waiting for an entrance. In the reviewed sources, Focus Blur Resolve and Per Character Rise explicitly read the reduced-motion preference. That source-level finding does not establish screen-reader or device-wide compliance.
Integration checks
Mount a native component inside your own heading or label so the host page retains its meaning. Confirm line wrapping at your actual font size, then compare normal and reduced-motion modes. Gallery loops are demonstrations; installed entrance animations may play only once.
Components to consider
Number Ticker
Animate numbers to count up or down to a target number
- Implementation
- Native React source
- Declared npm dependencies
- motion
- Source
- Magic UI · MIT license
Focus Blur Resolve
A FocusBlurResolve text animation component for SmoothUI.
- Implementation
- Native React source
- Declared npm dependencies
- motion
- Source
- Smooth UI · MIT license
Per Character Rise
A PerCharacterRise text animation component for SmoothUI.
- Implementation
- Native React source
- Declared npm dependencies
- motion
- Source
- Smooth UI · MIT license
Text Effect
A component that applies animated effects to text content.
- Implementation
- Native React source
- Declared npm dependencies
- motion
- Source
- Motion Primitives · MIT license
Text Shimmer
A component that applies a shimmering effect to text.
- Implementation
- Native React source
- Declared npm dependencies
- motion
- Source
- Motion Primitives · MIT license
Sparkles Text
A dynamic text that generates continuous sparkles with smooth transitions, perfect for highlighting text with animated stars.
- Implementation
- Native React source
- Declared npm dependencies
- motion
- Source
- Magic UI · MIT license
Related reading and evidence
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